Ash tray with cavity for reception of ashes



1960 E. P. AGHNIDES 2,950,721

ASH TRAY WITH CAVITY FOR RECEPTION OF ASHES Original Filed July 29, 1952 aired 2,950,721 Patented Aug. 30, 1960 Fine ASH TRAY WITH CAVITY FOR RECEPTION OF ASHES Eiie F. Aghnides, 46 W. 54th St, New York 19, NQY.

Continuation of application Ser. No. 301,516, July 29, 1952. This application Oct. 16, 1958, Ser. No. 767,745

1 Claim. (Cl. 131-235) This invention relates to ash trays with cavities for the reception of ashes.

Ash trays are well known in the prior art but some are unsatisfactory as they are fire hazards. It is the primary object of this invention to provide an ash tray that is safe as well as convenient to use.

Another disadvantage of some prior art ash trays is that they are difiicult to clean. An object of my invention is to overcome this defect.

The invention employs a central cavity which has a projection in the center of it. A cigarette rest positioned on the wall of the central cavity will direct a cigarette toward the projection. A large number of small cavities large enough to permit easy insertion of cigarette ends and preferably at least one inch deep are located outside of the central cavity. Due to the depth and small crosssection of these cavities, smokers using this ash tray will merely drop the lighted cigarette in one of the small cavities. The smoker cannot crush the usual burning end of the cigarette against the bottom of the cavity due to the depth of the latter. The cigarette is, however, quickly extinguished due to the lack of air in the small cavity. My invention involves certain-novel features which enable the abovementioned parts to be etfectively mounted and used.

This application is a continuation of my prior copending application Serial No. 301,516, filed July 29, 1952, entitled Ash Tray With Cavities For Reception of Ashes, now abandoned which, in turn, is a continuationin-part of my prior copending application Serial No. 183,542, filed September 7, 1950, entitled Ash Trays.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of another form of the invention.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 3.

One form of my invention is shown in Figures 1 and 2. This form of my invention includes an external cylindrical tray 70 and an internal removable ring 71. A plurality of cavities are formed between the external cylinder 70 and ring 71 by a webbing. Holes 72 which are perforations in the ring 71 are located above the cavities formed by the half webs shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the bottom surface of cylinder 70 may be fashioned in the form of an open bottomed cone 73, while the ring 71 has an inwardly projecting lip 74 at its upper extremity. Lip 74 has cigarette rests 75. A cigarette placed in one of the rests 75 will tend to be supported by cone 73 as well as by rest 75, and ashes, falling from the supported cigarette intentionally placed in the ash tray, will tend to fall out of sight because of the combined structure of cone 73 and lip 74.

If it is desired to use the cigarette rest temporarily for a burning cigarette, the cigarette is positioned on the rest 75 as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The burn ing end of the cigarette touches cone 73 and prevents the cigarette from sliding into the central cavity. This construction is unusually safe from the standpoint of avoiding fires because there is no way for a cigarette, placed in rest 75, to fall outside of the ash tray. Moreover, if the cigarette burns and thus changes its center of gravity, it cannot fall outside of the ash tray. Also, the inclined lip 74 carrying rests 75 prevents wind (or air from an electric fan) from blowing ashes out of the central cavity surrounding cone 73. The foregoing combination of parts is very safe in use, and may be easily cleaned after removing the inner element 23.

One may omit the cone construction of Figures 1 and 2, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, without departing from the broadest concept hereof. In such an event, the lip 74 and restS 75 should be of lesser slant than that used in Figures 1 and 2, in order that the cigarette may be supported by the rest alone.

In both modifications of the invention the webs between cavities should be as thin as possible. The diameters of the cavities as measured in horizontal planes should preferably be no greater than one-half inch and the depth of the cavities should preferably be at least one inch.

The new ash trays have the following advantages: (1) elimination of fire hazards, (2) elimination of odors as rapid extinction prevents condensation of tars and nicotine, (3) elimination of smoke, (4) avoids unsightly view of cigarette butts, (5) saves space as butts in my ash tray will occupy less room than butts piled up in a disorderly manner, and (6) increased capacity of butts.

I claim:

An ash tray comprising a cylindrical outer part and a cylindrical inner removable part, the outer part being a bowl and the inner part being spaced from the outer part, the inner part having a portion resting on the bowl and extending upward from the bottom of the bowl in spaced relation with the wall of the bowl, means between the spaced walls of said parts for dividing the space into a plurality of vertical cigarette extinguishing cavities, the inner part including a lip extending inwardly from its top end thereby overhanging the central cavity formed in the bowl, said lip being entirely inward of said bowl, inner said outer part having a generally conical projection extending into said central cavity adjacent the inner edge of said lip, said means comprising a lid-portion covering the space between said parts and a plurality of radially extending bafiles spaced apart within the space between said parts to form said vertical cigarette extinguishing cavities, the lid-portion having openings respectively above said cavities to enable insertion of cigarette butts into the cavities, said lid portion and said bafiies being carried by said inner part and extending outward toward the outer part with the periphery of the lid portion extending substantially to the inner wall of the outer part to thereby provide spacing means for spacing the two parts and centering the inner one in the bowl.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,019,388 Berg Oct. 29, 1935 2,221,300 Kelly Nov. 12, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS 422,431 Great Britain Jan. 11, 1935 

